to check into it and see whether they could do it, the internal waiving of this or not. >> commissioner yee, if you would like us to look into it for you as well, we can. unless i completely haven't been following it, ab-540 was passed in the legislature a couple of years back that requires junior colleges, day colleges and universities to charge undocumented students in-state tuition if they can demonstrate they are legal residents of the state. i don't think it is correct what they are doing. >> i would love you to look into it and share that information. i don't know who the staff member was over there, but i can find out. >> the truth ee on the community college side, what we received from this was at the

curriculum committee. i referred it to the truthy to look into on their side. he is very interested in this issue and raised some questions. maybe the most efficient thing would be for me to put you in touch with him, and he could hook you up with their staff. >> or you could go through tribute. >> it was my understanding that an 8540 student had to complete three years of high school within california. i think that qualifies them for the ab-540 status. i may have missed the conversation. i hope i am on track. that was my understanding. >> you can check on the information. the next item was an update on city college, the fall 2010

pilot program to provide priority registration for graduating seniors from the san francisco unified school district. they basically said it was the first year, and they were anticipating that there could be up to almost 1,000 students that could help with the early registration, and they ended up with 390. what they found is that these students were early enrolled, they were able to take more units. there is a correlation for students that go into city college that actually can be a full-time student right away, to actually finish up and move on, whereas when they come into city college and have to compete for classes, they end up taking fewer classes, and many of them eventually drop out. so it is a good thing. they were saying that they want to make a bigger effort for

this coming year to capture more of our seniors. let's hope that that happens. and then the last item was an update from city college. the san francisco career and technical he cation enrollment. basically it was discussed and was more informational than anything else. i don't think there was anything that was really new or profound. commissioner norton, do you remember anything about that piece? >> not really. i think it was just an update on the various c.t.e. programs that they were working on together. i can't really remember. >> and they have quite a few students that are dual enrolled through our pathways.

>> is that it? ok, great. the next is a report from our rules policy legislation committee. commissioner norton? >> yes. the rules policy and legislation committee medical on monday, september 20. we did get a written update from vernon billy on the state budget, and guess what? we still don't have one. i think this is the longest ever. it is more overdue this year than ever before. we also got an update on the meal ap return rates at schools. there have been some technical glitches, so we are going to get a more full update on that next month, but it sound like there has been good progress on getting those returned. just to update the board, and we did discuss this at the retreat. carlos has designated suzy wong

as a staff person to review board policies. she is going to be bringing a recommendation for working with a service, probably cspa to update all of our board policies and make sure that they are appropriately updated and that -- and get them all online, and then they will maintain them for us. i will augment that meeting when it comes to us, and there will be some sort of contract before the board on that issue. the next meeting will be monday, october 18 at 5:30 p.m. >> thank you. commissioner maufas? >> i just want to say that the next meeting for personnel matters and labor relations is thursday, october 14. >> thank you. >> the next budget committee meeting will be this coming thursday. it is always augmented, but it

is all informational items at this point, one of them being that we will discuss the budget issues around the support zone -- superintendent zone, which has been asked quite a few times. if you are interested, you are more than welcome to attend. >> i am going to rely on the memory of my fellow commissioner. president kim, do you recall the particulars of that meeting? >> we had a select committee meeting last thursday. these are all actually

videotaped. but it is about students, serbed by multiple systems. one of the best uses of this committee is for us to better coordinate data information sharing and practices for students that are in juvenile justice and mental health care system, in sfusd as well as many other alternatives. many of our students move in and out of multiple systems, and we are trying to do a better job of sharing information and coordinating. this is just the beginning of that. the next select committee meeting, which is on thursday, october 14th, at 3:30, will continue this item. item t, report of closed session action. the board by a vote of send ayes approved the contract of one deputy general counsel. the board by a vote of five ayes, two nos, approved a 30-day unpaid suspension of a

classified employee. item u, other information l items. acceptance of gifts for the month of august, 2010, and informational notice of classified personnel trance ases, and that's it. item b, we adjourn our meeting tonight in the memory of john carrier. he is a retired employee of the school district. he worked for the district since 1992 and was a supervising purchaser in the purchasing drt and serve as manager of purchasing until his retirement. we extend orcondolences to the family. the meeting is adjourned.

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>> good morning, consuls generals and your constituency. the elected officials who may be here and other distiguished guets. sts. may i welcome you here to celebreate the national days of our wonderful countrymen, people from and people who are citizens of the consuls' generals, citizens of el salvador,

nicaragua, and mexico. these flags will be outside your abode. this is a colorful and historical day. we are proud of our ethnic diversity. we're very proud of the history that we have with your country that goes back so many years and we are very happy that these will be in front of the city hall. this is the seat of government. my introduced the custodian of this building. you shone the dome well today. [laughter] and of the government. a mayor who is making history, gavin newsom. [applause] mayor newsom: thank you. thank each and every one of you for being here.

it is an honor to have you here, and you have been here many times with the flag raising ceremonies. this is, in particular, very important and appropriate that we ask all of you to be here. we share so much in terms of the respective histories. i am reminded every time i go down the hallway, of this history. the mayors who are here before the city of san francisco. the city was founded over 200 years ago. that connection in mexico and the relationship with spain, all the challenges that are good and bad. this is more positive with an engaging future. this is something that is indelible in the minds of the people of san francisco. particularly those who served as custodians of this great city. she is right to say that what

makes san francisco special and what makes the bay area special, and the state of california so remarkable is the ability to attract people from every conceivable walk of life, regardless of race or ethnicity or sexual orientation. this is a region and a state that prides itself on its diversity. i say this often because this deserves to be repeated often. we did not tolerate our diversity, we truly celebrate this. it is right to celebrate all of these differences. at the end of the day, those fundamental aspects of our lives are what we all show. what we are doing today is sharing the values of the region and the state. we pride ourselves in being the most diverse state in the most perverse democracy.

we have seen this over every conceivable difference. the more that i go out, not just across the state but across the country and around the world, we have the privilege of visiting people for every conceivable walk of life. and i truly believe that people look to us to see that it is possible to live together through all of these differences. they know that there is something special and magical about this city and this region. and that is why we are here. that is why i am here. and i am grateful that you are here. i am grateful for the extraordinary contribution of the people from mexico and central america. i think that this is interesting and appropriate to notice that san francisco county has the distinction as it relates to the latino community that is unique among the 58 counties.

we have more latino representatives. -- >> this is not the case with the other counties. we have these in el salvador and nicaragua, as well as mexico. not everybody understands this and we are celebrating this remarkable collection. the city of san francisco took the lead as the city of refuge after the civil wars in the 1980's. we established, firmly, the foundation that marks so much of what makes this city a special place. it is mocked by those who do not understand and who did not want to understand, and this is trivialized by political

campaigns and this should not be diminished by sound bites and in political campaigns. we stand up to that. and we did not play into this. we do not believe in dividing people. we do not believe in diminishing others in the broader scope of the world. we are also celebrating that today. i am honored that you are here and i am grateful. i am happy that you took the time to celebrate with us. we have, in this spirit, a formal proclamation. you do not have enough wall space for the proclamations that you have received. but this is my honor to recognize, you have to share this today. garcia understands this because there are only 365 days a year.

he must have given out 10 days every day. and i am trying to separate this. in the spirit of brown, let me give out heritage day, guatemalan heritage day, and mexican heritage day. and the crop one -- the crop was -- nicaraguan day. this is the day we celebrate our histories in this remarkable bicentennial. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you all for coming. we have more to celebreate this historical and colorful day. we thank you for all you do.

have a wonderful celebration. >> did you have to hurry? [laughter] >> gentlemen. we are talking about el salvador. >> thank you very much. iwould like to thank gavin newsom and the mayor's office for inviting us here. the consul general would like to continue our very good relationship working together in the bay area. i'll have a couple of words for the community. [speaking spanish]

[applause] >> i already -- i don't need to translate it. >> guatemala? [applause]

>> first of all, i want to mention that i am not the ambassador, because he has been detained for the work that we do for the temporary protection status with the people of guatemala. i want to thank the city for this wonderful work that they have done for the immigrants, and we celebrate this 15th of september with our sister countries, and also with mexico. and again, we would like to thank the city of san francisco. thank you. [speaking spanish]

>> mexico. >> thank you very much. we're very proud to be here today, on the celebration of the bicentennial. and the continuation of the mexican revolution. these are very important days for mexico and mexicans. and in northern california, this is a special meaning. we have contributed to build this great state. and i think that one more important element is an

extremely complex relationship that makes it so happy, is the by cultural family that we support. for that reason, this is a special occasion for me to be here. and to celebrate with all the friends of mexico. we will continue working with the elected officials with a different representative because we believe that we are part of this the first community. and we can continue contributing with hard work, for the future and the next generation. and i held that the next 100 years -- we will be celebrating the same. thank you very much. [applause] >> we should have won with each consul general.

we should have an individual picture. >> and where is the camera? >> you got here for the picture. [speaking spanish] >> thank you very much.

>> ok. let's have everybody together.

>> so quiet. [laughter] ♪ >> vivas. [applause] [stomach rumbles]